Personal Details Name: Miss Gerta Jacoba Alletta Petersen Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 105649 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 8 Date arrival: 28/05/1901 Farm History Name: Petersen family Town: Ficksburg Relationships Miss Gerta Jacoba Alletta Petersen       is the Daughter of Mrs Mara Jacoba Sophia Petersen Sources Title: SRC 71 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 71 Notes: p.26

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.